Professional Clojure - Softcover

Anderson, Jeremy; Gaare, Michael; Holguín, Justin; Bailey, Nick; Pratley, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119267277 ISBN 13: 9781119267270

Publisher: Wrox, 2016

Synopsis

Clear, practical Clojure for the professional programmer

Professional Clojure is the experienced developer's guide to functional programming using the Clojure language. Designed specifically to meet the needs of professional developers, this book briefly introduces functional programming before skipping directly to the heart of using Clojure in a real-world setting. The discussion details the read―eval―print workflow that enables fast feedback loops, then dives into enterprise-level Clojure development with expert guidance on web services, testing, datomics, performance, and more. Read from beginning to end, this book serves as a clear, direct guide to Clojure programming―but the comprehensive coverage and detail makes it extraordinarily useful as a quick reference for mid-project snags. The author team includes four professional Clojure developers, ensuring professional-level instruction from a highly practical perspective.

Clojure is an open-source programming language maintained and supported by Cognitect., and quickly gaining use across industries at companies like Amazon, Walmart, Facebook, Netflix, and more. This guide provides a concise, yet thorough resource for professional developers needing to quickly put Clojure to work.

• Parse the difference between functional and object-oriented programming
• Understand Clojure performance and capabilities
• Develop reactive web pages using ClojureScript
• Adopt an REPL-driven development workflow

Clojure is a modern dialect of Lisp, designed for concurrency and Java compatibility. It can be used with the Java virtual machine, Microsoft's Common Language Runtime, and JavaScript engines, providing a level of both versatility and functionality that is appealing to more and more enterprise-level developers. As requirements grow increasingly complex, stepping away from imperative programming can dramatically streamline the development workflow. Professional Clojure provides the expert instruction that gets professionals up to speed and back to work quickly.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Professional guide to functional programming with Clojure

A modern dialect of Lisp, designed for concurrency and Java compatibility, Clojure offers the solutions many developers are seeking. Clojure's versatility and functionality are drawing more and more attention among enterprise-level developers, especially those looking to streamline their workflow with a step away from imperative programming. This book offers complete reference for the professional, with clear instruction and practical perspective on using Clojure in a real-world setting. Functional programming fundamentals are followed by Clojure-specific guidance, with insight from expert Clojure contributors. As the demand for experienced Clojure developers continues to grow, this guide provides the essential reference professionals need to get up to speed quickly.

Professional Clojure:

• Explores the gap between functional and object-oriented programming, and how Clojure provides a solution for that space
• Describes the read-eval-print loop workflow used in declarative programming for fast feedback loops
• Demonstrates the use of ClojureScript in the design and development of reactive web pages
• Explains Clojure's features, performance, capabilities, and the versatile compatibility that makes it an essential language
• Covers web services, testing, the datomic database, and much more for a complete professional reference and tutorial
• Provides practical insight on real-world applications from expert programmers and Clojure contributors

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

About the Author:

About the authors

Jeremy Anderson is a Developer at Code Adept, and a Clojure contributor.

Michael Gaare is the platform technical lead at Nextangles, a financial technology startup.

Justin Holguín is a software engineer at Puppet Labs, where he specializes in Clojure backend services.

Nick Bailey is a Clojure enthusiast and the maintainer of the Clojure java.jmx library. He is a software architect at DataStax.

Timothy Pratley is a Clojure contributor at Outpace Systems, Inc.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Wrox
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1119267277
• ISBN 13: 9781119267270
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264